Ligature-holder.



No. 825,224. PA-TENTED JULY 3, 1906.

J. B. LEE.

LIGATURE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 1905.

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT orrrong JOHN ELLWVOOD LEE, OF CONSHOHOOKEN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, OF NEW BRUNSl/VIOK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

LlGATURE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

1'0 (044 wlwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ELLwooD LEE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in Conshohocken, in the county of Montgomery, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Ligature-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to surgical ligatureholders, and particularly to that style wherein the ligatures of catgut, silk, or other material of varying sizes are wound on bob bins or spools within a sealed bottle, to be drawn out as desired.

The purpose of the present invention is to facilitate the assembling of the parts, cheapen the cost of manufacture, and to diminish the possibility of entangling the ligatures of the different spools.

In the accompanyim drawings, Figure 1 represents a sectional p an view taken on the line 1 1, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 represents a sectional elevation taken on the line 2 2, Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 represents a perspective detail of one of the bobbins or spools.

According to my invention the ligatures are wound in the usual manner on spools within a bottle or other suitable receptacle B, containing the antiseptic fluid. This bottle, which is preferably cylindrical in shape, is provided in the interior with diametrically opposite flattened faces forming the sides 1), which taper inwardly toward the bottom, thereby reducing the amount of antiseptic fluid necessary to fill the bottle. In each of these flattened sides is a vertical groove 6, eX- tending from the top nearly to the bottom, adapted to hold the spindles of the spools or bobbins A.

The spools A, which are preferably of 1 glass, are mounted on spindles a, the ends of which are turned up or at right angles at points a sufficient distance apart to fit in the grooves I). These turned-up ends of one spindle are of suflicient length .to support the spindle of the spool above in a position to enable the spools to turn freely. In other words, these turnedup ends of all but the top spool afford a means for spacing the spools apart.

The bottle may be sealed in any suitable way. I prefer to use a tight-fitting rubber stopper S having separate perforations 8, through which the ligatures may be drawn. A cover C may be screwed on the end, if desired. The'stopper S also holds the spools in place.

In assembling the parts the spindles a, hav ing the wound spools mounted thereon, are inserted with the ends turned upwardly or downwardly in the grooves in the flattened sides one spool above the other. The ligatures are threaded through the stopper, and the bottle is filled with antiseptic fluid and sealed.

1. A receptacle for li atures, or the like, comprising a cylindrical bottle and a plurality of spools therein, said bottle having two diametrically opposite flattened faces on the interior.

2. A receptacle for ligatures, or the like, comprising a bottle and a plurality of spools therein, diametrically opposite interior faces of said bottle being flattened, and having grooves therein.

3. A receptacle for ligatures, or the like, comprising a bottle, and a plurality of spools therein, with separate spindles having upturned ends, whereby the upper spindles are supported on the upturned ends of the lower spindles and means for holding the spindles.

4. A receptacle for ligatures, or the like, comprising a bottle, and grooves in the sides of said bottle, in combination with spools having upturned spindles adapted to fit in said grooves.

5. A receptacle for ligatures, or the like, comprising a bottle having diametrically opposite interior flattened sides, said sides tapering inwardly toward the bottom.

6. A receptacle for ligatures, or the like, comprising a bottle, and a plurality of spools therein with separate spindles, having bent ends whereby the upper spindles are supported 0n the lower spindles, and means for holding the spindles.

7. A receptacle for ligatures, or the like, comprising a bottle, and a plurality of spools therein with separate spindles, having bent ends and adapted to support the spindle of the spool above, and grooves on the interior of said bottle for holding the spindles.

8. A receptacle for ligatures, or the like,

a spindle for said spool, and a stopper for re holding said spool and spindle in place.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN ELLWOOD LEE. Witnesses:

M. E. WRIGHT, E. M. LEWIS.

comprising a bottle havin diametrically opposite flattened interior laces, and grooves therein, in combination With spools having upturned spindles adapted to fit in said grooves.

9. A receptacle for ligatures, or the like, comprising a bottle having oppositely-flattened interior. faces, and grooves therein, in combination With a spool Within said bottle, 

